In preparing these, the brilliant maple
and other leaves should be, after drying and
pressing, dipped into thin wax, or varnished✪ Autumn Leaves and Ferns.
When once safely prepared they may be
hung about the rooms in such manner as
may seem most ornamental. They can be,
if desired, sewn on paper in suitable pat-
terns, and framed under glass as winter pict-
ures of the flown summer.
To prepare the leaves, press them imme-
diately after gathering between old news-
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papers, or, if you have it handy, large
vSheets of blotting-paper, on which lay a
thin, smooth piece of board. Take care to
change the newspaper every day until thor-
oughly dry. Then wax or varnish as above
directed.
China Painting.
For this work procure your colors in
tubes, since you will thus acquire a greater
variety than you would for either oil or
water-color painting. The colors most in
use are black, white, gray, and several
shades of red, brown, green, yellow, and
purple. These may be obtained at any art-
store. The tube colors are diluted with
turpentine. You will require a porcelain
palette, a glass slab, several camel's hair
brushes of different sizes, a bottle of spirits
of turpentine, one of 98 per cent, alcohol,
and small bottles of oil of turpentine, oil of
lavender, and balsam of copaiba. A steel
palette knife, and one of horn or ivory ; a
rest for the hand while painting, made of a
strip of wood about an inch long and twelve
inches wide ; a small glass muller ; and a
fine needle set in a handle for removing tiny
particles of dust.
A plate, a flat plaque, or a tile is best to
begin with, and the first design should be of
the simplest. One must learn by degrees
how to use the colors which will best stand
the firing, which is the crucial test. There
are places in the cities to which articles of
painted china may be sent to be fired, few
people having the facilities to do this in
their homes.
Painting can be applied to china, to vel-
vet, to satin, to cloth, and to almost every
fabric and material in use among civilized
peoples.
By study, careful watching of processes,
attention to details, and obedience to the
directions of the best manuals, one may
learn to paint creditably without a master.
But all arts are rendered less difl&cult by a
painstaking teacher, and many weary hours
and disappointments may be saved by join-
ing an art class.
Amateur Photography.
To have one's picture taken was former-
ly a family event ; now it is the work of a
^^' L.ofC.
fraction of a minute in the photographer's
chair, while the art of photography is a com-
mon amusement for leisure hours.
An amateur photographer's outfit is not
very expensive, and is an exceedingly at-
tractive and instructive possession to 3^oung
and old alike. The negatives taken will be
developed by any professional photographer,
or may be by the amateur himself, if ingen-
ious enough to prepare the necessary ap-
pointments and study the art. For this he
must resort to works on photography.
Screens.
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In preparing these, the brilliant maple and other leaves should be, after drying and pressing, dipped into thin wax, or varnished. When once safely prepared they may be hung about the rooms in such manner as may seem most ornamental. They can be, if desired, sewn on paper in suitable patterns, and framed under glass as winter pictures of the flown summer.
To prepare the leaves, press them immediately after gathering between old newnewspapers, or, if you have it handy, large sheets of blotting-paper, on which lay a thin, smooth piece of board. Take care to change the newspaper every day until thoroughly dry. Then wax or varnish as above directed.
China Painting.
For this work procure your colors in tubes, since you will thus acquire a greater variety than you would for either oil or water-color painting. The colors most in use are black, white, gray, and several shades of red, brown, green, yellow, and purple. These may be obtained at any artstore. The tube colors are diluted with turpentine. You will require a porcelain palette, a glass slab, several camel's hair brushes of different sizes, a bottle of spirits of turpentine, one of 98 per cent, alcohol, and small bottles of oil of turpentine, oil of lavender, and balsam of copaiba. A steel palette knife, and one of horn or ivory ; a rest for the hand while painting, made of a strip of wood about an inch long and twelve inches wide ; a small glass muller ; and a fine needle set in a handle for removing tiny particles of dust.
A plate, a flat plaque, or a tile is best to begin with, and the first design should be of the simplest. One must learn by degrees how to use the colors which will best stand the firing, which is the crucial test. There are places in the cities to which articles of painted china may be sent to be fired, few people having the facilities to do this in their homes.
Painting can be applied to china, to velvet, to satin, to cloth, and to almost every fabric and material in use among civilized peoples.
By study, careful watching of processes, attention to details, and obedience to the directions of the best manuals, one may learn to paint creditably without a master. But all arts are rendered less difficult by a painstaking teacher, and many weary hours and disappointments may be saved by joining an art class.
Amateur Photography.
To have one's picture taken was formerly a family event ; now it is the work of a
^^' L.ofC.
fraction of a minute in the photographer's chair, while the art of photography is a common amusement for leisure hours.
An amateur photographer's outfit is not very expensive, and is an exceedingly attractive and instructive possession to young and old alike. The negatives taken will be developed by any professional photographer, or may be by the amateur himself, if ingenious enough to prepare the necessary appointments and study the art. For this he must resort to works on photography.
Screens.
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